In this week’s guest blog from Skype in the Classroom, we learn about the wild imagination with writer, ‘Zookeeper,’ and former teacher, Paul Hutson. As a former school teacher, I’ve always been a big advocate of project based learning. I love Night Zookeeper because it inspires children to write ever so creatively and it can … Read more

In this week’s Guest Blog from Skype in the Classroom, we meet Sarah Shaw, an employee at The British Library who uses Skype to help students collaborate and learn about history. In November 2014 I came to work at the British Library as a Project Manager for an innovative new learning resource, bridging the 800th anniversary … Read more

Skype Social Good Ambassador Tyson Mayr traded in his day job to help people around the world. So far, he’s brought clean water to orphanages in Uganda, helped those stricken by poverty in South America and dedicated his time to help make living conditions better, all while using Skype to bring together philanthropists and the … Read more

Over the last year, our team has had Skype calls with nearly 14,000 students aged 3-18, in 25 countries including Australia, Cambodia, , Serbia and Kenya. That’s a lot of students, and even more shark-talk. On October 30, 2013 I did my first Skype call through Skype in the classroom’s Exploring Oceans program – this … Read more

Erik McFarland is an 8th grade science teacher and recently took his students on the trip of a lifetime with Skype in the Classroom. Here is his story. I had the wonderful opportunity to do research at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California as part of a program that gave teachers scientific research experience. … Read more

Moment Maker Tyson Mayr uses Skype to bring RainCatcher sponsors and recipients to each other’s doorsteps, regardless of where the sponsors are in the world. RainCatcher provides safe drinking water to those who need it – a staggering 1.1 billion people worldwide do not have clean water access. As the Chief Charity Ambassador for RainCatcher, … Read more

Matt Forkas stared in the mirror but couldn’t recognize the bald, puffy, worn-out face looking back at him. However, when Matt looked into his web cam for the first time – his classmates on the other side didn’t see the bald, puffy, unfamiliar face that Matt saw – they saw their nine-year old friend bravely … Read more

Most people wouldn’t expect a class of students in the heart of Kibera – Africa’s largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya – to travel the world. But with Skype, my class and I have become global virtual travelers . We do this every day using only a laptop and an unpredictable internet connection. Since discovering Skype in … Read more

Stumbling upon Skype in the classroom last year transformed my classroom. It flipped my teaching style on its head, blasted the walls of my classroom away, and enabled my students to stamp their digital footprints across the globe. It made me rethink what was possible in the classroom and ignited a passion for learning in … Read more

The beauty of Skype in the classroom is that it truly takes the world and puts it into my students’ reach. Although my students live in London, many of them rarely leave their local borough of Enfield. And some have no recollection of ever doing so. I find that school trips are tough to organise … Read more